This graph shows the results of a 2012 survey among more than 90,000 respondents who are members of the LGBT community in all 27 European Union member states and Croatia. They were asked if they had ever heard or seen negative comments or conduct during their school years because a classmate was perceived to be LGBT. 49 percent of repsondents stated that they had often witnessed such negative behavior.
When you were a kid at school, have you ever witnessed negative behavior because a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT?
* According to the source, "the survey collected information from 93,079 persons aged 18 years or over who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender,and who lived in the EU or Croatia, about their experiences of discrimination,
violence and harassment and other key issues."
The source poses the question as follows: " During your schooling before the age of 18, did you ... Hear or see negative comments or conduct because a schoolmat
e was perceived to be LBGT?"
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Fundamental Rights Agency. (May 20, 2013). When you were a kid at school, have you ever witnessed negative behavior because a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/259092/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-at-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "When you were a kid at school, have you ever witnessed negative behavior because a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT?." Chart. May 20, 2013. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259092/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-at-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency. (2013). When you were a kid at school, have you ever witnessed negative behavior because a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/259092/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-at-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency. "When You Were a Kid at School, Have You Ever Witnessed Negative Behavior Because a Schoolmate Was Perceived to Be Lgbt?." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 May 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259092/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-at-school/
Fundamental Rights Agency, When you were a kid at school, have you ever witnessed negative behavior because a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/259092/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-at-school/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
When you were a kid at school, have you ever witnessed negative behavior because a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT? [Graph], Fundamental Rights Agency, May 20, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/259092/lgbt-discrimination-against-or-harassment-at-school/
